hooligan

[US]/'huːlɪg(ə)n/
[UK]/'hulɪɡən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. um gângster de pequeno porte, um bandido de rua
Word Forms
Pluralhooligans

Phrases & Collocations

football hooligan

torcedor violento

Example Sentences

most mindless hooligans are fuelled by alcohol.

A maioria dos hooligans inconsequentes são alimentados por álcool.

hooligans showered him with rotten eggs.

Os hooligans o bombardearam com ovos podres.

The hooligan ended up dead in a car accident.

O hooligan acabou morto em um acidente de carro.

He struck the hooligan down with his fist.

Ele derrubou o hooligan com seu punho.

What are we going to do with these hooligans?

O que vamos fazer com esses hooligans?

He rushed into the midst of the hooligans and laid about him fearlessly.

Ele se lançou em meio aos hooligans e atacou-os sem medo.

Some shopkeepers closed early to prevent the wholesale destruction of their property by the hooligans.

Alguns lojistas fecharam mais cedo para evitar a destruição generalizada de sua propriedade pelos vândalos.

Real-world Examples

Those who had to describe the day of soccer hooligan performed the worse.

Aqueles que tiveram que descrever o dia de hooligan de futebol se saíram pior.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

They were primed for a soccer hooligan, for a secretary, or for a professor.

Eles estavam preparados para um hooligan de futebol, para uma secretária ou para um professor.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

Baffling, right? We were necking like a couple of hooligans under the school bleachers.

Confuso, certo? Estávamos beijando como um casal de hooligans sob as arquibancadas da escola.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

No I-I refuse to pay blackmail to some hooligan who's stolen from us twice.

Não, eu recuso-me a pagar extorsão para algum hooligan que nos roubou duas vezes.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

" Bloody hooligans, " Ove mutters, and grips the rifle a little more firmly when he hears that.

"Esses hooligans malditos," Ove murmura, e segura o rifle um pouco mais firmemente quando ouve isso.

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

Attracting people dedicated (and thick-skinned) enough to fend off special interests and trolls (internet hooligans) is tough.

Atrair pessoas dedicadas (e com a pele grossa) o suficiente para se defender de interesses especiais e trolls (hooligans da internet) é difícil.

Source: The Economist - International

The North traditionally uses trois insults to bait South Korea, often calling its leaders as puppets, hooligans and dogs.

O Norte tradicionalmente usa três insultos para provocar a Coreia do Sul, frequentemente chamando seus líderes de fantoches, hooligans e cachorros.

Source: BBC Listening January 2014 Collection

One of the first to appear in court for looting was a 31-year-old teaching assistant: hardly an identikit hooligan.

Um dos primeiros a comparecer a tribunal por pilhagem foi um assistente de ensino de 31 anos: dificilmente um hooligan estereotipado.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

A roving gang of hooligans destroyed your sprinklers?

Uma gangue itinerante de hooligans destruiu seus aspersores?

Source: Desperate Housewives Video Version Season 7

Last year, those hooligans duct taped Soos to the ceiling.

No ano passado, aqueles hooligans prenderam Soos ao teto com fita adesiva.

Source: Gravity Falls Season 2

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